Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22750, Daniel Elliot, New York

SERVICE
New York
Elliot, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 22750
CONTENTS

State of New York } Washington County }
On this 28 th day of August 1892. personally appeared in open court before us the Judge of the court of Washington county Com. Pleas now sitting Daniel Eliot a resident of the town of Kingsbury, county of Washington and State of New York aged Seventy one years on the Thirtieth day of October last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That when I first entered the service I resided in the town of Dover in in the county of Dutchess and State of New York. When sometime in the month of March in the year of our Lord 1778 I volunteered from the Militia for six Months and went into the service as a private Soldier under the command of Capt James Wight Benjamin Martin that we were stationed as a guard over the continental Stores which was deposited in the said town of Dover, and occasionally we were sent out in small scouting parties to the town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, and to Friedericksburg in the State of New York. And at the last mentioned place we took three prisoners of war Not then in the other officers in this campaign with us called Tories, I remained until sometime in the month of December when I was discharged, after having done my duty six months as a private soldier. From thence I returned to Dover aforesaid, where I resided until the first of October in the year of our Lord 1778 when I again volunteered in the New York Militia, and went into the service under the command of Capt Bonds. For two months we marched to Fish kill, where we were stationed, and joined Col. Morehouse's Regiment of New York Militia, and I was commanded and employed to take charge of the teams that were engaged in drawing timber and other materials for building the barracks at Fish kill
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New York Militia under the command of Lieut. Thomas Bradshaw. commandant and was stationed a part of the time at Fort Edward where Col. Thorne commandant a part of the time. We had no particular station, we were employed in scouting through the woods and foresting out the Indians and Tories as they were continually committing their depredations upon the inhabitants. and I continued in this service until
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the first day of September when I was and I have made my affidavit discharged and returned to the town of Kingsbury aforesaid where I resided until the first of March in the year of our Lord 1780 at which time I was then drafted in the New York Militia for one month and went into the service under the command of Lieut. Thomas Bradshaw commandant. we then marched to Skeneborough (now Whitehall) where we were stationed as a guard, and remained there performing my duty
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as a private until in April one month and was discharged. I then returned to the town of Dover in Dutchess county where I resided until the first day of September in the year 1780. I then volunteered in the New York Militia for three months and went into the service under the command of Capt. Knapp and marched to Bramp Pond near where Maj. Andre was hung where we stationed and no other company of troops and we were employed in scouting almost every day. where I remained until the first of October when I was
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discharged, I have made my affidavit from thence I returned to Dover aforesaid. from thence I went to the town Kingsbury county of Washington and State aforesaid, where I have lived ever since to the present time. I have no record of my birth or a family record that I was born in the town of Dover in the year 1760. That I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service except Micajah Elliot Amos Lucas Joshua Hodges whose affidavits are hereto annexed that there is no settled Clergyman in the place or neighbourhood where I reside who can testify, as to my character as a soldier of the revolution.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Dorrell Elliot
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. S. Leigh CCB

1 1 We Henry C Martindale residing in the town of Kingsbury and Nathaniel Pitkin residing in the town of Green  Green hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Eliot who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution. and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed } The day and year aforesaid } H C Martindale J. S. Leigh Cts
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry C Martindale who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Kingsbury and that who has signed the same is a resident and he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
I Jesse S. Leigh clerk of the court of Washington county Penn. Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Eliot for a pension. In testimony whereof I have this day hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 28 th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Cts
* I could not attend the last court of Common Pleas or I could have diff- erent information to the above effect and when my name is inserted

Daniel Elliot
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Hon
Mack Pitcher
H. R.
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Elliott , of Kingbury  County of Washington in the State of New York . (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy one years - 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Sometime in March In 1778. Volunteered — 6 — Private Gen. Capt James Murtin's Compz Lieut Benjamin Elliot N. Y. troops   Volunteered 1. Oct. 1778 — 2 — " Capt Bond   Volunteered 1. May, 1779 — 6 — " Lieut Thos. Bradburn N. Y. Militia   Was drafted 1 March 1780 — 1 — " Lieut Thos. Bradburn   Volunteered 1. Sept 1780 — 3 — " Capt Knapp  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dove. Dutchess Co. New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By liv. witnesses & by traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk. June 19. 1832

State of New York } County of Washington }
Micajah Elliot of the town of Kingsbury and County of Washington and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Daniel Elliot is his brother whose declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 is herewith annexed
and this deponent further saith that about the first day of September in the year 1780 at the town of Dover in County of Dutchess and State aforesaid Daniel Elliot volunteered and went into the service of the United States under the command of Capt. Knapp and he left for the purpose of doing his duty against the enemy
and this deponent further saith that he saw him return but does not recollect how long he was gone but believes he was gone about three months or more and this deponent further saith that about the first day of October in the year of 1778 at the town of Dover and County aforesaid Daniel Elliot volunteered and went into the United States service under the command of Capt. Bond and Col. Andrew Morehouse to Fish Kill
and this deponent further saith he went to Fish Kill in the month of November and Daniel Elliot left the service and went home with this deponent and this deponent believes he was in the service two months and this deponent further saith not to certify the above as true
or affidavit was taken before me in due form of law on the 14 th day of August 1832
His Micajah Elliot Mark
John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts

State of New York } County of Washington } ss I Joseph S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John Moss before whom the affidavit within affidavit purports to have been sworn over the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Court and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and will believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature witness my hand and Seal of Office this 14 th day of September 1832 J. S. Leigh Clk
Joseph S. Leigh Clk

State of New York } of the age of sixty six years Washington County } Amos Lucas, of the town of Fort Ann in said County & State being duly sworn before me Amos T. Bush a Justice of the Peace in and for said County deposed and says that He is acquainted with Daniel Elliot of the town of Kingsbury in the County and State aforesaid and has been intimately acquainted with the said Elliot for upwards of Fifty six years, that during the Revolutionary war this deponent and the said Daniel Elliot were drafted for the term of One Month in the Militia Service to go to the town of Skeneborough (Now White Hall) under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Bradshaw in the winter or spring of 1780 - the said Elliot & this deponent then residing in the town of Kingsbury & county aforesaid, that the said Elliot with this deponent did continue to serve as a soldier for the said term of One Month at Skeneborough aforesaid and under the command of said Lieut. Thomas Bradshaw Subscribed & sworn to this 12 th } AUG 1 1832 day of August 1832 before me } Amos T. Bush. Jus. Peace }
State of New York } County of Washington } ss. I J. S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that Amos T. Bush before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verify believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and I further Witness my hand and Seal of office this 12 th day of September 1832 J. S. Leigh Clerk
I have known the above named Daniel Elliot for the last fifty years, he is a man of truth and honor and I have entire confidence in his character and integrity Amos T. Bush Jus. Peace

State of New York } County of Washington } ss
Joshua Harris of the Town of Kingsbury County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was acquainted with Daniel Elliot in the year 1779 and has known him as an inhabitant of the Town of Kingsbury ever since up to the present time wherefore declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 is hereunto annexed and this deponent further saith that about the first day of May in the year 1779 Daniel Elliot volunteered from the New York Militia and went into service under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Bradshaw Commandant and he served in the same company with him and was imployed in hunting at South Bay Lake Champlain and Lake George and did his duty as a private Soldier for the term of three months as near as he can recollect and this deponent further saith not
Subscribed to the above oath or affidavit was taken before me in due form of law on the 4 th day of August 1832
Joshua Harris
John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts
State of New York County of Washington ss I, J. S. Leach Clerk of the said County do certify that John Mott before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verify behind his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature without my hand and Seal of Office this 4 th day of September 1832
J. S. Leach C.B.

This declaration of Daniel Ellett was handed to me by the Hon. John Nott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington on the State of New York, and he gives me it is precisely in the form in which it came from the court. I believe it and it has not been in any respect altered except by the addition of my endorsements - I am well acquainted with Margaret Ellett, Simon Ellett, and Joshua Harris. Notwithstanding the divorce of Daniel Ellett, they are all of them considerable property.
Nathl. Peterson M.L. Jan. 26. 1833
Daniel Ellett's Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
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Treasury Department Pension Office March 3 rd 1853.
Sir
On return, herewith, the vouchers in the case of Bradford W. Elliott, received from you under date of the 1 st inst. that they may be transmitted to the pen- sion agency at Springfield, Ill. where the amount due is pay- able. The pension has been paid up to the 4 th March 1852. conse- quently no portion of the same has been here & unclaimed for the term of fourteen months, as required by law to authorize payment at the Treasury.
Yours respectfully
Yours obedt. servt.
J. S. Gallacher Ans.

Richard M. Young Esq. Washington City

December 22, 1951
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8-22750
The Comptroller General General Accounting Office Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The letter of Miss E. L. Moffett is referred herewith, for your consideration and reply.
The following data is furnished for your convenience.
The records of this office show Emmett Elliot , certificate No. 5851, issued February 14, 1951, for $100.00, commenced March 4, 1951, Act of June 7, 1950, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. B. MILLER Assistant to Administrator